A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 663
which thehouse is subsequently engraved serves as a kind of barrier to the tool inthe event of its slipping, and allows of the tint being cut with less riskquite up to the white outline. By attending to such matters, andconsidering what part of a subject can be most safely executed first,a learner… … those who are unacquainted with the process of wood engraving, it isnece,ssary to remark that the parts which appear positively black arethose which remain untouched by the graver. THE PEACTICE OF WOOD ENGRAVING. 599 The following subject, copied from one of Rembrandts etchings, ischiefly…
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